360 Videos

…, we’ve also heard many of you ask for album support, and we’ll be rolling out the ability to post 360 photos to albums in the coming weeks. Alongside this update, we’ll also roll out the ability to add 360 photos to multimedia posts—i.e., when you want to post a combination of 360 photos, regular photos, 360 videos and regular videos at once. Readers: Do you share 360 photos on Facebook? …

… and the Samsung Mobile U.S. account. The footage will be shot using the Samsung Gear 360 camera, and the content will be pre-recorded, and not broadcast live, a Samsung spokesperson told CNET. However, there’s a catch: Unlike Facebook, which hosts its 360 videos, this content will be hosted by websites off Twitter and accessed by users via Twitter website…

The NBA and Samsung think 360-degree ads will be a slam dunk. Just in time for the NBA Championship Series, the pair is partnering with Twitter to bring fans exclusive 360-degree video from behind-the-scenes footage of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors.

… Facebook has announced its latest steps to improve the use of virtual reality on the social networking platform. For one, Facebook announced its 360 degree video streaming technology is coming to Samsung’s Gear VR mobile virtual reality headset, which will allow 360 degree videos posted on Facebook to ‘look clearer and play faster…